Louis Jaurès
h admiral (1860–1937)
Louis Jaurès (18 August 1860 – 30 October 1937) was a French naval officer who rose to the rank of rear admiral during World War I.
He was the brother of the statesman Jean Jaurès.
After retirement he was elected a deputy in the National Assembly of France.
Naval career
Early years
Marie Paul Louis Jaurès was born in Castres, Tarn, on 18 August 1860.
His parents were Jules Jaurès (1819–82), a cloth merchant, and Adélaïde Barbaza (1822–1906).
His father was a committed Orléanist.
His brother was the future socialist leader Jean Jaurès (1859–1914).
His father's first cousins were the admirals Charles and Benjamin Jaurès, whom Jean and Louis considered as uncles.
Louis and Jean Jaurès both studied at the Collège de Castres.
Louis was a good student, and won the second prize in geography.
In 1878 the Jaurès brothers were at an event in Castres where the sub-Prefect spoke in praise of the French nation but did not mention the Republic, and ended with "Vive la France!".
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